Saint John Centre was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was created from Saint John in 1795 as Saint John City. It was renamed Saint John Centre in 1967.
It elected multiple members through the bloc voting system — two members prior to 1892 and four members from 1892 to 1973.
It was abolished with the 1973 electoral redistribution, when the province moved to single-member ridings.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Legislature Years Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Saint John CityRiding created from Saint John 3rd 1795 – 1802 George Younghusband Ind. Nathan Smith Ind. 4th 1802 – 1809 John Robinson Ind. 5th 1809 – 1810 John Garrison Ind. Stephen Humbert Ind. 1810 – 1816 John Robinson Ind. 6th 1817 – 1819 Harry Peters Ind. 7th 1820 8th 1821 – 1827 Hugh Johnston, Jr. Ind. 9th 1827 – 1830 Gregory Van Horne Ind. 10th 1831 – 1834 Thomas Barlow Ind. William Boyd Kinnear Ind. 11th 1835 – 1837 Lewis Burns Ind. Isaac Woodward Ind. 12th 1837 – 1842 Thomas Barlow Ind. 13th 1843 – 1846 Robert Leonard Hazen Cons. Lewis Burns Ind. 14th 1847 – 1850 Isaac Woodward Ind. 15th 1851 Samuel Leonard Tilleyresigned Cons. William Hayden Needham Ind. 1851 – 1854 James A. Harding Ind. 16th 1854 – 1856 Samuel Leonard Tilley Cons. 17th 1856 – 1857 Joseph Wilson Lawrence Ind. 18th 1857 – 1861 Samuel Leonard Tilley Cons. 19th 1862 – 1865 Charles Watters Ind. 20th 1865 – 1866 Andrew Rainsford Wetmore Cons. Jacob Valentine Troop Ind. 21st 1866 – 1867 Samuel Leonard Tilleyelected to federal seat Cons. 1867 – 1870 William H.A. Keans Ind. 22nd 1870 – 1874 Aaron Alward Ind. William Wedderburn Ind. 23rd 1875 – 1876 William H.A. Keansdied in 1876 Ind. 1876 – 1878 Robert Marshall Lib. 24th 1879 – 1882 25th 1883 – 1886 John Valentine Elliselected to federal seat Lib. Ezekiel McLeod Cons. 26th 1886 – 1887 John Berryman Lib. 1887 – 1890 Silas Alward Lib. 27th 1890 – 1892 A.C. Smith Ind. 28th 1892 – 1895 Alfred Augustus Stockton Cons. William Shaw Lib.-Con. 29th 1896 – 1899 Charles B. Lockhart Cons. 30th 1899 – 1903 George Robertson Ind. Harrison A. McKeownresigned to run federally in 1904 Lib.-Con. Daniel S. Purdy Ind. 31st 1903 – 1904 Edward Lantalum Ind. 1905 – 1908 Robert Maxwell Ind. 32nd 1908 – 1912 John Edward Wilson Ind. James P. McInerney Ind. Warren Franklin Hatheway Cons. 33rd 1912 – 1917 Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley Cons. Charles B. Lockhart Cons. Phillip Grammen Ind. 34th 1917 – 1920 John R. Campbell Cons. Frank L. Potts Cons. William F. Roberts Lib. 35th 1921 – 1925 Walter Edward Foster Lib. Robert Thomas Hayes Cons. William Edward Scully Lib. 36th 1925 – 1930 Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley Cons. James Lewis Cons. W. Henry Harrison Cons. Miles E. Agar Cons. 37th 1931 – 1935 Walter W. White Cons. 38th 1935 – 1939 A. P. Paterson Lib. William F. Roberts Lib. Horace A. Porter Lib. E. J. Henneberry Lib. 39th 1939 – 1944 Ralph McInerney Cons. W. Grant Smith Cons. W. J. Swanton Cons. J. Starr Tait Cons. 40th 1944 – 1948 PC PC Lawrence T. Dow PC PC 41st 1948 – 1952 James W. Brittain Lib. Harold Gault Lib. S. Roy Kelly Lib. Robert H. Carlin Lib. 42nd 1952 – 1956 Donald D. Patterson PC Arthur Skaling PC Harold S. Prince PC George E. McInerney PC 43rd 1957 – 1960 George L. Keith PC 44th 1960 – 1963 R. M. Pendrigh PC 45th 1963 – 1966 Daniel Aloysius Rileyappointed chairman of the New Brunswick Motor Carrier Board and Public Utilities Commission in 1966 Lib. John D. MacCallum Lib. 1966 – 1967 Stephen Weyman Lib. Saint John Center 46th 1967 – 1970 J. Lorne McGuigan PC George E. McInerneydied on 25 November 1972 PC Donald D. Patterson PC Robert J. Higgins Lib. 47th 1970 – 1972 Eric Teed PC 1973 – 1974 John W. Turnbull Lib. ''Riding dissolved into Saint John Harbour, Saint John North, Saint John Park and'' Saint John South
Election results
Saint John Centre
Saint John City
References
See also List of New Brunswick provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts